FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | TOP |
| Lat/Long: | 39-04-07.2000N / 095-37-21.0000W
39-04.120000N / 095-37.350000W
39.0686667 / -95.6225000
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 881.3 ft. / 268.6 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 05E (2000) |
| From city: | 3 miles NE of TOPEKA, KS |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 66616 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1940 |
| Sectional chart: | KANSAS CITY |
| Control tower: | yes |
| ARTCC: | KANSAS CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | TOP (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0600-2200 |
| Pattern altitude: | 1681.3 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN. WHEN ATCT CLSD MIRL RYS 04/22 & 18/36 & HIRL RY 13/31 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 13; VASI RYS 18 & 31 & REIL RYS 18 & 31 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 118.7 |
| UNICOM: | 122.95 |
| WX ASOS: | 121.275 (785-234-1591) |
| TOPEKA GROUND: | 121.9 [0700-1900] |
| TOPEKA TOWER: | 118.7 257.8 [0700-1900] |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 121.9 |
| WX ASOS at FOE (7 nm S): | PHONE 785-862-8258 |
| WX ASOS at LWC (19 nm E): | 121.225 (785-749-1309) |
- MULTICOM - 121.900.
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC ON FREQS 123.8/343.7 (TOPEKA RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| TOPr215/5.3 | | TOPEKA VORTAC | | 117.80 | | 05E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BILOY | | 131/4.3 | | 521 | | 05E | | TO | - --- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
| Dimensions: | 5099 x 100 ft. / 1554 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 50.0 | | Double wheel: | 72.0 | | Double tandem: | 110.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
| Latitude: | 39-04.487250N | | 39-03.900235N |
| Longitude: | 095-37.622750W | | 095-36.852052W |
| Elevation: | 879.7 ft. | | 875.5 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 129 magnetic, 134 true | | 309 magnetic, 314 true |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
| Obstructions: | 41 ft. tree, 1482 ft. from runway, 651 ft. right of centerline, 31:1 slope to clear | | 31 ft. tree, 286 ft. from runway, 306 ft. right of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear |
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 4331 x 75 ft. / 1320 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 60.0 | | Double wheel: | 80.0 | | Double tandem: | 96.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 39-04.410200N | | 39-03.697008N |
| Longitude: | 095-37.452968W | | 095-37.479747W |
| Elevation: | 879.8 ft. | | 880.7 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 177 magnetic, 182 true | | 357 magnetic, 002 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 78 ft. trees, 2895 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear | | 71 ft. trees, 1094 ft. from runway, 465 ft. left of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear |
Runway 4/22
| Dimensions: | 3001 x 100 ft. / 915 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 4 | | RUNWAY 22 |
| Latitude: | 39-03.925933N | | 39-04.249545N |
| Longitude: | 095-37.610270W | | 095-37.130807W |
| Elevation: | 878.0 ft. | | 879.2 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 044 magnetic, 049 true | | 224 magnetic, 229 true |
| Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | basic, in fair condition |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 93 ft. tree, 2748 ft. from runway, 72 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear | | 37 ft. tree, 1211 ft. from runway, 347 ft. right of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | METRO. TOPEKA ARPT AUTH.
FORBES FIELD, B-19053
TOPEKA, KS 66619
Phone 785-862-2362 |
| Manager: | ERIC M. JOHNSON
FORBES FIELD, PO BOX 19053
TOPEKA, KS 66619
Phone 785-862-2362 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 70 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 61 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 6 | | Ultralights: | | 3 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 157/day * | | 55% | transient general aviation | | 37% | local general aviation | | 6% | military | | 3% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 31 August 2010 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | APU - 12/24 VOLT. |
| - | LARGE & SMALL MIGRATORY BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | ULTRALIGHT ACTVTY ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | ULTRALIGHTS MUST MAINTAIN RDO CONTACT AT ALL TIMES. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KFOE - Forbes Field Airport (7 nm S)
KLWC - Lawrence Municipal Airport (19 nm E)
K34 - Gardner Municipal Airport (35 nm SE)
KOWI - Ottawa Municipal Airport (36 nm SE)
K59 - Amelia Earhart Airport (36 nm NE)
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| Aerial photo |
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Photo taken 02-Sep-2007
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 18-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:38 | | 10:38 |
| Sunrise | | 06:08 | | 11:08 |
| Sunset | | 20:30 | | 01:30 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:00 | | 02:00 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 11:19:11 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 18-May-2013 06:19:11 |
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| METAR |
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| KTOP | 180953Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01610144 $
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KFOE
8nm S | 180953Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM BKN034 16/15 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP109 T01610150
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KLWC
19nm E | 181052Z AUTO 11004KT 8SM BKN040 16/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01560144
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| TAF |
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| KTOP | 180900Z 1809/1906 12003KT P6SM SKC FM181000 11003KT 6SM BR SCT015 FM181400 14010KT P6SM BKN023 FM181900 15012KT P6SM BKN035
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KFOE
8nm S | 180900Z 1809/1906 12004KT P6SM SKC FM180930 12003KT 6SM BR SCT013 TEMPO 1810/1812 5SM BR FM181400 14011KT P6SM BKN021 FM181900 15014KT P6SM BKN035
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